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Handsworth Songs
1986·1h 1m·★ 5.9
Documentary
The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving archival photographs, newsreel clips, and home movie footage, the film is both an exploration of documentary aesthetics and a broad meditation social and cultural oppression through Britain’s intertwined narratives of racism and economic decline.
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Pervaiz Khan
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Meera Syal
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Yvonne Weekes
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